Thank You Isiah

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Don't Worry, Everyone Checked The Final Score On Their Way Home To Winnetka

Monday, August 25, 2008

The Harden Index

8: Number of starts Rich Harden has made for the Chicago Cubs8: Combined number of earned runs Harden has given up in those starts5: Number of those starts in which Harden has thrown 10+ Ks1: Number of those starts in which Harden has thrown less than 8 Ks8.75: Average number of Ks Harden has thrown in each of those starts2.6 to 1: Harden's K to hit ratio in those starts5 to 1: Harden's K to BB ratio in those starts1.47: Harden's Cub ERA0.47 Harden's ERA in his last three starts6.55: Sean Gallagher's ERA as a member of the Oakland As.176: Batting average of Eric Patterson as a member of the Oakland As.100: Batting average of Matt Murton as a member of the Oakland As

And as a bonus:

8: Number of consecutive series won by the Chicago Cubs71: Number of years since that feat was last accomplished in the franchise's history33: Days since the Cubs last lost a series29: Days since the Cubs last lost back-to-back games

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Yup...I'm Still Pretty Happy About That Trade

I don't naturally tend toward optimism, but the following, from Yglesias, made me smile, and not only because it's pretty funny:

Jason Kidd basically isn’t shooting at all. Against Angola he scored zero points on zero shots and took no free throws. Under a certain (wrong) conception of a “pure point guard,” Kidd is now approaching a Platonic ideal of brilliant play. But realistically, playing offense against a tough defense is hard when one of your players doesn’t shoot at all.

With the full acknowledgment that Larry Hughes brings his own set of problems, aren't you glad Ben Wallace is gone?